Baby Time???

On Tuesday, at 37 1/2 weeks preganant, I celebrated my best friend Monique's birthday.  Since August is restaurant month in Houston, we had a fabulous 3 course meal at Mockingbird Bistro for a fun girl's dinner.  The night before I was unable to sleep because I was in alot of pain and very uncomfortable.  The discomfort continued throughout the day, but I wanted to make it to dinner to try and get my mind off of it.  As soon as our desserts came out, I really started feeling pain all over my stomach and did not know what was going on.  Luckily, it was at the end of dinner, so we left shortly after.  As I am driving home, I start feeling even worse, so I call Scott and let him know that I think we might need to head to the hospital.  When I get home, I change and make sure I have everything packed in my hospital bag.  We arrive at the hospital around 11 pm and I am hooked up to monitors to check the baby's heartbeat and my contractions.  Sophia's neartbeat is great but of course, no contractions are coming up on the monitor and the nurse looks at me like I am crazy.  She tells me I am probably going to be sent home but I can walk around to see if they come back.  So we walk for about 20 minutes and then I go back to the room.  When I put the monitors back on, my contractions immediately start up.  Soon, I am having contractions every 1-2 minutes and so the Doctor comes in and gets everything ready as if I am having Sophia sometime soon!  The nurse starts my IV, they give me fluids, I sign all the paper work for delivery, and Scott even pays the hospital bill.  But, after about 6 hours of contractions, they stop and I have not dilated past 1 1/2 cm.  They do not want to induce me or break my water because I would have a higher chance of needing a C-section.  So, we are sent home very sleepy and without baby Sophia.  All in all, it was a crazy night, but I definitely feel better prepared and less nervous about when I will actually be giving birth(which hopefully is VERY soon).